ٱلنُّور : ٥٤

  • قُلۡ Say
  • أَطِيعُواْ Obey
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • وَأَطِيعُواْ and obey
  • ٱلرَّسُولَۖ the Messenger
  • فَإِن but if
  • تَوَلَّوۡاْ you turn away
  • فَإِنَّمَا then only
  • عَلَيۡهِ upon him
  • مَا (is) what
  • حُمِّلَ (is) placed on him
  • وَعَلَيۡكُم and on you
  • مَّا (is) what
  • حُمِّلۡتُمۡۖ (is) placed on you
  • وَإِن And if
  • تُطِيعُوهُ you obey him
  • تَهۡتَدُواْۚ you will be guided
  • وَمَا And not
  • عَلَى (is) on
  • ٱلرَّسُولِ the Messenger
  • إِلَّا except
  • ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ the conveyance
  • ٱلۡمُبِينُ [the] clear
Say, "Obey Allāh and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification."
Say: 'Obey God, and obey the Messenger.' But if you turn away, from obedience to him (tawallaw, 'you turn away': one of the two taa' letters [in tatawallaw] has been omitted; an address to them), [know that] he is only responsible for that with which he has been charged, of conveying [the Message], and you are responsible for that with which you have been charged, of obedience to him. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And the Messenger's duty is only to convey [the Message] clearly'.